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Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here

Oregon Bill Aims to Add 8 Requirements of BHPH Dealers

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BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is organizing its own resources along with colleagues from Oregon’s independent dealer association in an effort to prevent a bill from becoming law in the Beaver State that could radically alter how buy-here, pay-here ... [Read More]

Industry Veteran Establishes Service Agency with Footprint Already Covering 12 States

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BHPH Report Staff
A name familiar to the automotive industry, especially the buy-here, pay-here segment, resurfaced this week as Rod Heasley established a consulting agency to service independent agents specializing in both prime and subprime financing. Heasley, who has 37 years of industry ... [Read More]

Big Apple Regulator Out to Halt ‘Predatory’ Auto Loans

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BHPH Report Staff
The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs didn’t come right out and say its new initiative is targeted against the plight of buy-here, pay-here dealers in the Big Apple, but the regulator’s descriptive words such as “predatory” in explaining ... [Read More]

Wayne Reaves Enhances BHPH Platform with CarStory Integration

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BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers who use Wayne Reaves software now can take advantage of what is offered by CarStory, a provider of crowdsourced data and analytics on used-vehicle pricing and preferences. This week, Wayne Reaves integrated CarStory Market Reports into its ... [Read More]

February Bankruptcy Filings Soften by 13%

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BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers might be seeing a smaller pool of potential customers who just filed for bankruptcy. The American Bankruptcy Institute cited data provided by Epiq Systems that showed total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 13 percent in February from the ... [Read More]

Accounting Experts Share Tax Time Strategies

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
McGladrey tax director Scott Ruby understands many buy-here, pay-here dealerships are small family operations without a squadron of certified public accountants on staff that watches every move the IRS makes. However, Ruby suggested that BHPH operators spend a fair amount ... [Read More]

Car-Mart Continues To Finalize Major Operational Changes

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
America’s Car-Mart not only shared athe financial results from the third quarter of its 2015 fiscal year, but the buy-here, pay-here dealership chain also offered an update on two significant operational changes the company is in the process of finalizing. ... [Read More]

DriveTime Uses Leasing to Boost Customer Base

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
DriveTime Automotive Group is looking to fill basic transportation needs while capitalizing on the rising popularity of vehicle leasing. It can be a tricky proposition since the average person with a non-prime credit score won’t typically qualify for new-vehicle lease ... [Read More]

Hudson: The Tells Of Some Gambling Dealers

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Tom Hudson, Hudson Cook
Friends who play poker tell me that sometimes they find themselves up against a player who unknowingly betrays the cards he holds by some “tell” — the player’s posture, his facial expression, the way he holds his cards, or some ... [Read More]

Ask The Hall Of Famer: Tax Advice and Avoiding ‘Silly Loans’

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BHPH Report Staff
Being that it’s now March, how important is it for operators to find a tax advisor they trust? Julian says … You need a long term tax strategy, and you need to understand how it’s going to work when you ... [Read More]

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